An Okie teacher banished to the Midwest.
"Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire."-- William Butler Yeats

Monday, July 28, 2008

Movie Madness Monday 124: guess where I am edition

This week's M Cubed covers a remake of a classic, and I'll give you a hint: it was back when we didn't know quite too much about the personal lives of Lindsay Lohan and Dennis Quaid, thankyewverrymuchnowshutup. And later we can talk about the morality of the choices made by the parents in this film.

So put the quotes from the movie in the comments section! And I love Polly Holliday!

"I'll tell you what. I'll make you a little deal. Loser jumps into the lake after the game. "Excellent." "Butt naked." "Even more excellent. Start unzipping Parker. Straight, in diamonds." "You're good James, but, you're just not good enough. In your honor, a royal flush."

"You know, the way your father described you, I expected a little girl, but you are so grown-up." "I'll be twelve soon. How old are you? ""Twenty-six." "Only fifteen years older than me! How old are you again, Dad?" "Wow, suddenly you're so interested in math!"

2 Comments:

"And I suppose you just expect me to go weak at the knees, and fall into your arms and cry hysterically. And say we'll just figure this whole thing out. A bi-continental relationship with our daughters being raised here and there. And. And, you and I just picking up where we left off and growing old together. And. And. C'mon Nick what do you expect? To live happily ever after?" "Yes. To all of the above. Except you don't have to cry hysterically."

What's On the Bookshelf? (And stacked on the floor, and in the loo, and next to my bed, and in my backpack....)

Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

The Stripping of the Altars, by Eamonn Duffy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling

Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher

The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde

Columbine, by Dave Cullen

The Forever War, by Dexter Filkins

Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner

Random Thoughts

"Read-ity read read read."-- The Ramblin' Educat

"Personally, I think for democracy to exist, opposition is key. History seems to bear that out. One sign you're doing a good job is when the only argument the extablishment can muster is "shut up" and variations on that theme.-- NYC Educator

"The only thing worse than having no taste is having no shame."-- via Mamacita

"The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is because you cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal, Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery & Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment."-- Molly Ivins (via Mike in Texas!)

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."-- Dean Wormer, Animal House

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."-- John Steinbeck